Amos 8:6

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

To purchase with money the poor, And the needy for a pair of sandals, Yea, the refuse of the pure corn we sell.

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Referenced Verses

  • Amos 2:6 : 6 Thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of Israel, And for four, I do not reverse it, Because of their selling for silver the righteous, And the needy for a pair of sandals.
  • Amos 8:4 : 4 Hear this, ye who are swallowing up the needy, To cause to cease the poor of the land,
  • Lev 25:39-42 : 39 `And when thy brother becometh poor with thee, and he hath been sold to thee, thou dost not lay on him servile service; 40 as an hireling, as a settler, he is with thee, till the year of the jubilee he doth serve with thee, -- 41 then he hath gone out from thee, he and his sons with him, and hath turned back unto his family; even unto the possession of his fathers he doth turn back. 42 `For they `are' My servants, whom I have brought out from the land of Egypt: they are not sold `with' the sale of a servant;
  • Neh 5:1-5 : 1 And there is a great cry of the people and their wives, concerning their brethren the Jews, 2 yea, there are who are saying, `Our sons, and our daughters, we -- are many, and we receive corn, and eat, and live.' 3 And there are who are saying, `Our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses, we are pledging, and we receive corn for the famine.' 4 And there are who are saying, `We have borrowed money for the tribute of the king, `on' our fields, and our vineyards; 5 and now, as the flesh of our brethren `is' our flesh, as their sons `are' our sons, and lo, we are subduing our sons and our daughters for servants, and there are of our daughters subdued, and our hand hath no might, and our fields and our vineyards `are' to others.'
  • Neh 5:8 : 8 and say to them, `We have acquired our brethren the Jews, those sold to the nations, according to the ability that `is' in us, and ye also sell your brethren, and they have been sold to us!' and they are silent, and have not found a word.
  • Joel 3:3 : 3 And for My people they do cast a lot, And they give the young man for an harlot, And the young woman have sold for wine, That they may drink.
  • Joel 3:6 : 6 And sons of Judah, and sons of Jerusalem, Ye have sold to the sons of Javan, To put them far off from their border.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    4 Hear this, ye who are swallowing up the needy, To cause to cease the poor of the land,

    5 Saying, When doth the new moon pass, And we sell ground corn? And the sabbath, and we open out pure corn? To make little the ephah, And to make great the shekel, And to use perversely balances of deceit.

  • Amos 2:6-7
    2 verses
    76%

    6 Thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of Israel, And for four, I do not reverse it, Because of their selling for silver the righteous, And the needy for a pair of sandals.

    7 Who are panting for the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, And the way of the humble they turn aside, And a man and his father go unto the damsel, So as to pollute My holy name.

  • Isa 10:2
    74%

    2 To turn aside from judgment the poor, And to take violently away the judgment Of the afflicted of My people, That widows may be their prey, That the fatherless they may spoil.

  • Isa 3:14-15
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    72%

    14 Jehovah into judgment doth enter With elders of His people, and its heads: `And ye, ye have consumed the vineyard, Plunder of the poor `is' in your houses.

    15 What -- to you? ye bruise My people, And the faces of the poor ye grind.' An affirmation of the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, And Jehovah saith:

  • 2 Kgs 7:16
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    16 And the people go out and spoil the camp of Aram, and there is a measure of fine flour at a shekel, and two measures of barley at a shekel, according to the word of Jehovah.

  • Amos 5:11
    72%

    11 Therefore, because of your trampling on the poor, And the tribute of corn ye take from him, Houses of hewn work ye have built, And ye do not dwell in them, Desirable vineyards ye have planted, And ye do not drink their wine.

  • Lam 5:4
    72%

    4 Our water for money we have drunk, Our wood for a price doth come.

  • Ps 44:12
    72%

    12 Thou sellest Thy people -- without wealth, And hast not become great by their price.

  • Neh 5:8
    71%

    8 and say to them, `We have acquired our brethren the Jews, those sold to the nations, according to the ability that `is' in us, and ye also sell your brethren, and they have been sold to us!' and they are silent, and have not found a word.

  • Joel 3:8
    71%

    8 And have sold your sons and your daughters Into the hand of the sons of Judah, And they have sold them to Shabeans, Unto a nation far off, for Jehovah hath spoken.

  • Neh 5:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2 yea, there are who are saying, `Our sons, and our daughters, we -- are many, and we receive corn, and eat, and live.'

    3 And there are who are saying, `Our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses, we are pledging, and we receive corn for the famine.'

  • Deut 2:6
    70%

    6 `Food ye buy from them with money, and have eaten; and also water ye buy from them with money, and have drunk,

  • Isa 26:6
    70%

    6 Tread it down doth a foot, Feet of the poor -- steps of the weak.

  • Ezek 13:19
    70%

    19 Yea, ye pierce Me concerning My people, For handfuls of barley, And for pieces of bread, to put to death Souls that should not die, And to keep alive souls that should not live, By your lying to My people -- hearkening to lies.

  • Job 24:10
    70%

    10 Naked, they have gone without clothing, And hungry -- have taken away a sheaf.

  • Zech 11:5
    70%

    5 Whose buyers slay them, and are not guilty, And their sellers say, Blessed `is' Jehovah, And I am rich, And their shepherds have no pity on them.

  • Mic 6:10-11
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    70%

    10 Are there yet `in' the house of the wicked Treasures of wickedness, And the abhorred scanty ephah?

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  • Joel 3:3-6
    4 verses
    70%

    3 And for My people they do cast a lot, And they give the young man for an harlot, And the young woman have sold for wine, That they may drink.

    4 And also, what `are' ye to Me, O Tyre and Zidon, And all circuits of Philistia? Recompence are ye rendering unto Me? And if ye are giving recompence to Me, Swiftly, hastily, I turn back your recompence on your head.

    5 In that My silver and My gold ye took, And My desirable things that are good, Ye have brought in to your temples.

    6 And sons of Judah, and sons of Jerusalem, Ye have sold to the sons of Javan, To put them far off from their border.

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    70%

    6 Ye have sown much, and brought in little, To eat, and not to satiety, To drink, and not to drunkenness, To clothe, and none hath heat, And he who is hiring himself out, Is hiring himself for a bag pierced through.

  • Isa 58:7
    69%

    7 Is it not to deal to the hungry thy bread, And the mourning poor bring home, That thou seest the naked and cover him, And from thine own flesh hide not thyself?

  • 2 Kgs 7:1
    69%

    1 And Elisha saith, `Hear ye a word of Jehovah: thus said Jehovah, About this time to-morrow, a measure of fine flour `is' at a shekel, and two measures of barley at a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.'

  • Rev 6:6
    69%

    6 and I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, `A measure of wheat for a denary, and three measures of barley for a denary,' and `The oil and the wine thou mayest not injure.'

  • Ruth 4:8
    69%

    8 And the redeemer saith to Boaz, `Buy `it' for thyself,' and draweth off his sandal.

  • Hos 12:7
    69%

    7 Canaan! in his hand `are' balances of deceit! To oppress he hath loved.

  • Zeph 1:11
    69%

    11 Howl, ye inhabitants of the hollow place, For cut off hath been all the merchant people, Cut off have been all bearing silver.

  • Job 22:6
    69%

    6 For thou takest a pledge of thy brother for nought, And the garments of the naked Thou dost strip off.

  • Neh 10:31
    69%

    31 and the peoples of the land who are bringing in the wares and any corn on the sabbath-day to sell, we receive not of them on the sabbath, and on a holy day, and we leave the seventh year, and usury on every hand.

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  • Job 24:4
    68%

    4 They turn aside the needy from the way, Together have hid the poor of the earth.

  • Mic 3:11
    68%

    11 Her heads for a bribe do judge, And her priests for hire do teach, And her prophets for silver divine, And on Jehovah they lean, saying, `Is not Jehovah in our midst? Evil doth not come in upon us.'

  • Neh 5:5
    68%

    5 and now, as the flesh of our brethren `is' our flesh, as their sons `are' our sons, and lo, we are subduing our sons and our daughters for servants, and there are of our daughters subdued, and our hand hath no might, and our fields and our vineyards `are' to others.'

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    12 Come hath the time, arrived hath the day, The buyer doth not rejoice, And the seller doth not become a mourner, For wrath `is' unto all its multitude.

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    68%

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    4 In that day doth `one' take up for you a simile, And he hath wailed a wailing of wo, He hath said, We have been utterly spoiled, The portion of my people He doth change, How doth He move toward me! To the backslider our fields He apportioneth.

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    68%

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    68%

    2 Why do ye weigh money for that which is not bread? And your labour for that which is not for satiety? Hearken diligently unto me, and eat good, And your soul doth delight itself in fatness.

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    13 Every precious substance we find, We fill our houses `with' spoil,